Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday announced that the AAP will contest the next assembly election in Gujarat and asked the people to "throw out (BJP President) Amit Shah" who he said was running the state by proxy.

"Amit Shah has thrown an open challenge to the people of Gujarat that he will run the state whichever way he wants and no one can do anything about it," Kejriwal thundered at a huge rally at Yogi Chowk.

Using the phrase "aam aadmi" (common man) for the Aam Aadmi Party, Kejriwal said that the "aam aadmi" would take on both the Congress and the state's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) next year.

Alleging that Gujarat was being run by Amit Shah, a former Gujarat Home Minister and a confidant of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he appealed to the people to "oust" the BJP chief.